Breast-strap slide



(Modell.)

S.' WARD', BVre'as't--St'rap'Slide- No. 228,145. Patented mayz'misao.

VIIIIII N. PETERS. PHO APHER. WASHINB UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SETE wAED, or PRINCETON, INDIANA.

BREAST-STRAP SLIDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,145, dated May 25,i880.

Application led April 6, 1880. (Model.) l l To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SETE WARD, of Princeton, in the county of Gibson,and in the State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Breast-Strap Slides; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specication.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of abreast-strap and slide for harness, as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which-Figure l is a central section of my breaststrap and slide. Figs. 2 andSare detailed views of the slide.

A represents the breast-strap slide, made of iron or other metal, and inform or shape similarpto those now in use. Near each end of the slide,just below the eye or loop B, is a stationary pin or tongue, a, -whichVis slightly inclined downward, to buckle the ends ofthe stra-p to.Immediately below this tongue, on each side, is an aperture, II).

C represents the breast-strap; D D, the snap-hooks, and E E the loops.

In making up breast-straps when using my slide it is not necessary tocut the strap as long as it has heretofore been done. Usually the strapis cutfjfour feet eight` inches long; but with my slide it can beshortened to three feet six inches, as there is no sewing or length oflaps to take off. i

The manner of making is as follows: Cut the strap the length stated,(three and onehalf feet,) dress up the edges in the usual manner andskive the ends, and punch holes about one and a half inch from each endof the strap. Then pass the strap around `the slide and through theloops B at each end; slip on a snap-hook, D, at each end of the strap,and also a loop, E, if desired. Then turn the ends inward and downward,forcing the ends of the strap down through the loops until the holesreach the standing tongues a,

when the ends of the strap are fastened on said tongues, and then theoutside part of the strap pulled up, which holds the ends down on thetongues,A making all secure. IThis makes a cheap and serviceablebreast-strap.

The object of the perforations or apertures b is to make it convenientto unfasten the ends of the strap from the tongues when the strapsbecome set and hard to unbuckle by pushing with the finger or with somehard substance through said apertures.

It will readily be seen that quite an amount of both leather and laboris saved by my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The breast-strap slide A, provided with the loops B B, tongues a a,and apertures bib, substantially as and for the purposes herein setforth.

2. The combination of the slide A, having loops B, tongues a, andapertures b, the strap C, having a hole in cach end, and the snaphooksD, substantially as andfor the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this30th day of March, 1880.

SETE WARD.

